College student makes stunning paleontological discovery

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Adam Striegel picked up a rock the size of a baseball along a road near Pittsburgh International Airport. He decided to show it to one of his lecturers, Charles Jones. Jones spotted some teeth and the outline of a skull. "It was immediately clear that this was rare," said Jones, informs CBC.